Principal Electrical Engineer - Team Lead (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-06-26

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX36: Richardson, TX 3200 E Renner Rd , Richardson, TX, 75082-2402 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Top Secret

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

This position is for a Principal Electrical Engineer with circuit card assembly (CCA) design and leadership experience. The task includes leading a small group to design, integrate and deliver equipment for a system-in-lab installation.

This opportunity is targeted toward engineers who enjoy working in a systems environment as it includes electrical and mechanical design elements, as well as interacting with mechanical, software, and test team members, developing CCA and system requirements, and supporting system integration and test.

What You Will Do:

• Review system/subsystem level requirements and generate hardware requirements
• Generate detailed circuit board and subsystem level block diagrams and interconnect diagrams
• Manage budgets through Earned Value metrics
• Manage schedule in accordance with the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Assign tasking for team members
• Communicate staffing needs to managers
• Communicate team status, risks and opportunities, challenges, and mitigation to project leadership team
• Support firmware, software, and systems team members during integration and test
• Support production team during fabrication and testing of electronic and mechanical components
• Ensure work is completed on time and established quality and budgets are achieved.
• Prepare documentation including design review slide deck, confidential descriptions or specifications of proprietary hardware or software, information on product development, schedules, product costs, and performance weaknesses to track progress and analyze performance
• Identify risks and opportunities as well as mitigations to burn down risks
• Some domestic travel required

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required 
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance 
• Ability to lead small teams and report status to management
• Experience working with industry standard toolsets for task management (e.g. Microsoft Project)
• Good communication skills and the ability to tailor to audience at all levels

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Cost Account Management (CAM) experience using Earned Value Metrics
• Previous experience in CCA or systems integration design
• Active DoD security clearance
• Microsoft Project experience
• CCA design experience (analog, digital, mixed signal, high-power, or RF)
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC standards for military applications
• Experience designing for Military Aircraft applications.
• Experience using ALM tools including Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (e.g. CAMEO)
• Experience in developing test procedures and test fixtures
• Ability to read, create and review engineering drawings including schematics, assembly drawings and parts lists
• Experience with Mentor Graphics tool suite
• Experience with design review presentations
• Knowledge of the hardware life cycle

Learn More & Apply Now!

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuri